Allies Credit US Troops For World War Victory Says German Chiefs
Berlin reports that former German princes generals and staff officers praised American soldiers as brave and fearless despite training gaps. Noted leaders including Crown Princes Rupprecht and Wilhelm and General von Seeckt credit US troops with decisive momentum and overall impact on victory.
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Berlin
Germany
America
Sigrid Schultz
Chicago Tribune
Rupprecht
Bavaria
Friedrich Wilhelm
Prussia
U. S
United States
Hans von Seeckt
Mer
Mackensen
von Seeckt
Reichswehr
von Einem
Draw Up Rules for Air Flights in the Orient
Washington reports new regulations govern foreign flights in Japan and China after the Herndon Pangborn incident. For Japan, advance permission for each flight and landing must be secured with route details. For China, flight plans go to the Chinese government one month ahead, plus five days to the foreign affairs ministry at Nanking. armed carrier permission may be granted on stated reasons.
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Washington
Japan
China
Department ‘of Commerce
Ministry of Foreign Affairs
Nan-king
Milk and Orange Juice Aid Children's Weight
In Sacramento elementary schools a midforenoon drink now includes a small bottle of orange juice with milk. Experiments show weight gain doubles when children receive both liquids versus only one, part of a malnutrition campaign.
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Sacramento
Calif
Flying speed of wild ducks varies widely
Amherst scientists at Massachusetts State College found that wild duck speeds vary up to 82 miles per hour. Typical flights run around 40 mph with pintails clocked at 55 to 60 mph and canvasbacks reaching about 72 mph in tests.
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Amherst
Mass
Massachusetts State College
Teacher Seeks Pay After Quartzburg Fire
A schoolteacher signed a one year contract to teach in Quartzburg Idaho. The town burned completely in a forest fire leaving no pupils. The teacher demands salary while Idaho’s attorney general seeks a legal answer.
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Roise
Idaho
Quartzburg
Britain Claims World's Fastest Combat Planes
Britain announces Hawker Nimrod fighters aboard the carriers Furious and Courageous. The land planes reach about 200 miles per hour with rocket like climbs and feature strengthened components for catapult launches. They carry enhanced navigational gear and flotation aids for emergency water landings, powered by Rolls Royce Kestrel engines at 480 horsepower.
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London
Britain
Missouri town touts itself as longest little town
Faucett Missouri claims the title of longest little town in the country. The village is a block wide and a mile long with a state highway as its main street. Its business district spans three blocks while residents built homes along the highway for convenient sidewalks.
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Faucett, Mo
Faucett
Lincoln Golf Club Opens on Lincoln Farm in Muskegon
An 80 acre golf course is laid out on a farm deeded by President Lincoln in 1860 in Muskegon Michigan. The new course is named the Lincoln Golf Club.
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Muskegon
Mich
Lincoln
Lincoln Golf Club
Massie Case Rocks Fourth Naval District
Rear Admiral Yates Stirling Jr commands Hawaii patrol amid unrest over attacks on white women. Lieutenant T H Massie his mother in law Mrs Granville Fortescue and two enlisted men stand accused of killing a Hawaiian man who had been charged with assaulting Mrs Massie.
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Yates Stirling, Jr
Fourth Naval District
Hawaii
Lieut
T. H. Massie
Granville Fortescue
Massie
Boston Liquor Squad Demolishes Damaged Piano
Boston police liquor squad, famed for sledge hammer work on speakeasy doors, used their tools on a battered piano at a police station. The unit decided the piano had seen its best years and created a new instrument from the wreckage.
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Boston
Boston Police Liquor Squad
New Machine Calms Pugnacious Bulls in Oregon Test
A Beaverton Oregon designer, J. J. Van Kleek, developed a machine approved by the Oregon experimental station to tame dairy bulls. The device uses a long overhead sweep operated by a motor and reversible gearbox to guide the bull through a half circle, turn, and return sequence until trained.
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Corvallis
Ore
J. J. van Kleek
Beaverton
Oregon Experimental Station
Lost City in India Upsets Aryan Belief
Sir Edward A. Galt reports a 3000 B C lost city ruin discovered by R D Banerji in the lower Indus valley. The site yields varied ancient remains and seals with a script resembling Proto-Carthaginian pictographs, challenging the theory that Aryans introduced civilization to India.
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India
London
Edward A. Galt
Royal Society of Arts
R. D. Banerji
Indian Archeological Department
Indus Valley
Susa
Pergia
Wheat Buys Barber Services in Three-Way Trade
In Marion Illinois three bushels of wheat were exchanged for a haircut shampoo and shave for Grant Cruse at a local barber shop. Ed Durham the barber traded the wheat for chickens and proclaimed readiness to offer relief to others with excess wheat and hair growth.
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Marion
Ill
Grant Cruse
Ed Durham
Durham
Care of the separator boosts butterfat in milk
The Dakota Farmer notes that butterfat percentage hinges on separator care rather than cow feeding. Key points include fixing the milk screw, proper speed with a indicator, cooling milk, using rich milk, maintaining full inflow, avoiding vibration, and keeping the separator bowl clean to prevent slime and thinner cream.
Roughage Essentials for Dairy Cattle Feeding
Summary guidance from Successful Farming on using corn fodder as part of dairy rations. Emphasizes preparing high quality, palatable fodder, shredding to save storage, and avoiding sole reliance on fodder. Recommends feeding corn fodder once daily, preferably at night, to prevent sorting and improve economy.
Proving Good Bull Helps Idaho Herds Grow
The Franklin County Co-Operative Bull association kept the Holstein bull Segis Goliah alive until his daughters were proven. Five daughters averaged 13,015 pounds of milk and 472 pounds of fat yearly, up 29 percent in milk and 85 percent in fat over their dams. King Ormsby Colantha De Kol 8th daughters averaged 10 percent more milk and 18 percent more fat, but the bull died before proving. Brown Brothers of Ovid owned him.
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Franklin County Co-Operative Bull Association
Segis Goliah
Idaho
Ormsby Colantha de Kol
Brown Brothers
Ovid
Dairy Hints On Tuberculosis Free Counties And Herd Test
Dairy notes report forty percent of U S counties tuberculosis free and fresh cows benefit from a light feeding after calving with a warm bran mash. Holstein Friesian World credits Idaho with nine herds totaling 172 cows on test, ranks among top states. Bees in Butler County earn record 18 pounds honey in one day as North Dakota nears accreditation.
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Jies
Idaho
Butler County
Pennsylvania
Iowa Leads Nation in Popcorn Production
Iowa tops the United States in popcorn output with Sac county producing more than any other county. The average Iowa popcorn acreage from 1921 to 1930 stood at about 25 884 acres, while Nebraska ranked second. Most popcorn is grown under contract, increasing the importance of marketing.
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Washington
Iowa
Sac County
United States
Nebraska
Dormant Oil Sprays Prove Safe for Fruit Trees
A USDA bulletin reports eight years of spraying shows little danger to fully dormant trees when using properly prepared oil emulsions. Oil sprays control San Jose scale and other pests. Farmers' Bulletin 1676 outlines spray preparation and lists nine target insects including scales, mites, leaf roller, psylla, and aphids. Obtain Bulletin 1676-F free by writing the U.S. Department of Agriculture in Washington.
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United States Department of Agriculture
WNU
San Jose
Farmers’ Bulletin
Farmers
Office of Information
Washington
Value of Concentrate in Hogs Ration Raises Production Costs
Capper's Farmer writer Eric Peterson notes North Dakota farmer Pembina county raised 61 pigs on cracked wheat barley oats alfalfa pasture and a protein concentrate. He tracked monthly costs per hundred weight gains from 3.50 to 6.00 dollars, with a peak when concentrate ran short. Gains slowed before a return to higher concentrate cut costs to 4.50 and pigs averaged 204 pounds at 189 days with a total value of 1,100 dollars and production costs around 600 dollars.
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Capper
Eric Peterson
Pembina County
North Dakota
Roughage Essentials for Dairy Cattle Rations
The article explains home grown roughage as the basis of dairy cow rations and notes grain or concentrates are often bought. It highlights the cost savings from high protein legume hays like alfalfa, oats, barley and corn for cows producing up to 45 pounds of butterfat monthly. For higher production, high protein supplements are needed. Low protein roughages require more high protein feeds alongside grains.
Feeding for Profit in Keith Kenagy’s Dairy Herd
Keith Kenagy of Page County Iowa stresses feeding strategy to boost profits. He kept cows off pasture in April, added hay, then pastured them May 1 with production rising from 24.1 to 87.5 pounds per cow in May.
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Keith Kenagy
Page County
Iowa
Kenagy
Mr. Kenagy
Farm advisories on wheat sowing and hog housing
The report notes winter wheat sowing is about 10.5 percent below 1930 levels and 11 percent under the three year average. It suggests building hoghouses now if unavailable, preferably warm and sanitary. It also recommends locating wells on high ground away from waste, and using 20 bushels of potato seed per acre with 1.5 ounce pieces, plus guidance on alfalfa seed vigor.
Bear populations in national forests in 1930
The report shows California with 8,954 black bears and grizzly bears in its national forests as near a census. Alaska lists 5,750 black bears and 2,800 grizzly and Alaskan brown bears.
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California
Alaska
Peculiarities as Virtues and Irritating Eccentricities
A concise reflection on how odd habits can be praised as virtues yet often annoy others. The statement weighs the fine line between charming quirks and disruptive behavior.
California Fig Syrup touted as lasting child laxative
An advertisement claims California Fig Syrup has long provided laxative and nourishing benefits for children. It cites a Nebraska mother praising her daughter Roma Lucile’s rapid constipation relief and improved color, and warns to seek the genuine product with the California label.
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California
H. J. Stoll
Valley P. O
Nebraska
Roma Lucile
West
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